Part 1 of Ms. Ohanian's Final Exam for Fall 2024 (Advancing Vocabulary Skills- Chapters 1-5, 7-11)

Collaborate

To act as a team

Zealot

An extremist

Venerate

To honor

Squelch

To hold back

Scoff

To laugh at

Rudimentary

Basic

Retrospect

Looking back

Resilient

Quick to recover

Instigate

To cause

Despondent

Depressed

Berate

To scold angrily

Estrange

To drive away

Euphoric

Very happy

Impetuous

Impulsive

Infallible

Perfect

Maudlin

Overly emotional

Regress

To go backward

Relinquish

To give up

Ubiquitous

Found everywhere

Zenith

Highest point

Clandestine

Secret

Contingency

A possibility

Egocentric

Selfish

Exonerate

To be found not guilty

Incongruous

Contradictory

Indigenous

Native

Liability

Handicap

Prolific

Creating abundantly

Reinstate

To put back

Superfluous

Unnecessary

Attrition

A natural loss of individuals

Circumvent

To avoid

Cohesive

Connected

Grievous

Terrible

Inundate

To flood

Oblivious

Not noticing

Reticent

Quiet

Robust

Strong and well

Sanction

To grant approval of

Vociferous

Loud

Equivocate

To be unclear

Predisposed

Likely

Sham

Something false

Solace

Relief

Propensity

An inclination

Liaison

A link

Reprehensible

Shameful

Solicitous

Attentive

Impeccable

Flawless

Fortuitous

Accidental

Ambiguous

Unclear

Dissident

A rebel

Embellish

To decorate

Fritter

To waste

Inadvertent

Not intentional

Inane

Silly

Juxtapose

To put side by side

Lethargy

Weariness

Sporadic

Irregular

Subsidize

To pay for

Bolster

To support

Depreciate

To become less valuable

Indiscriminate

Not selective

Inquisitive

Questioning

Nebulous

Indefinite

Relegate

To send

Replete

filled

Sedentary

Involving much sitting

Tenet

A principle

Terse

Short

Detriment

Disadvantage

Dexterous

Skilled

Discretion

Good sense

Facetious

funny

Gregarious

Outgoing

Optimum

Ideal

Ostentatious

Showy

Scrupulous

Ethical

Sensory

Of the senses

Vicarious

Indirect

Charlatan

A con artist

Diverge

To separate

Precipitate

To bring on

Proliferation

A rapid increase

Hoist

To raise

Dormant

Not active

Illicit

Unlawful

Corroborate

To support

Disseminate

To spread

Irrevocable

Not reversible

Autonomy

Freedom from control

Utopia

A paradise

Ostracise

To reject

Bureaucratic

Over regulated

Mandate

Official permission

Raucous

Disorderly

Recourse

A choice

Reiterate

To repeat

Tantamount

Just like

Tenacious

Grasping strongly